Blotting-pad.



No. 670,853. Patented Mar. 26, l90l. 0. J. DECKELMANN.

BLOTTING PAD.

(Application filed May 28, 1900- (No Model.)

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OTTO J. DECKELMANN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BLOTTlNG-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,853, dated March26, 1901.

Application filed May 28, 1900.

To (0% whmn it may concern:

Be it known that l, O'r'ro J. DECKELMANN, of the city of St. Louis,State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBlotting-Pads, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart hereof.

This invention relates to blotting-pads; and it consists of the novelconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter shown,described, and claimed.

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improved blotting-pad with theblotter in position thereon. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional View taken onthe line a a of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective of one of the corners ofmy improved blotting-pad.

Heretofore much difficulty has been encountered in the use of devices ofthis kind because of the fact that they do not retain the desired shapefor any length of time. They have formerly been constructed ofpasteboard or analogous material and are very liable to become twistedand bent, whereby the utility of the device is entirely destroyed.

My present invention has for its objects to overcome these difficultiesand to provide a very flexible blotting pad which can be washed andwhich is positively impermeable to moisture of any kind and will alwaysretain its shape. These objects and purposes are effectually attained bya blotting-pad constructed in accordance with the principles of myinvention, which I will now describe in detail.

In the construction of my improved blotting-pad I provide a section 1,essentially of rubber, formed integral with each corner of which andextending along the sides thereof for a suitable distance are theelevations 2, which are for the purpose of receiving the blotters andpreventing them from being Serial No. 18,298. (No model.)

moved laterally from off the blotting-pad and also to receive thetriangular retaining-sections 3, which are also made of rubber, or, if

preferred, may be made of any other similar material. The sections 3 areglued upon the elevations 2 and are further secured in position thereonby means of metallic corners 4, said corners also serving to givegreater Weight to the corners of the blotting-pad, thereby holding itbetter in a straight position. The blotting-pad may be made of anysuitable size and of different shapes, if desired.

A blotting-pad constructed of rubber, as above described, is flexibleand may be folded or rolled without injury thereto, and still at thesame time it retains a straight position upon the desk or table muchbetter than do the blotting-pads which are constructed of pasteboard orother similar material. In this and in other respects the devicepossesses superior advantages.

I claim 6 1. A blotting-pad constructed of flexible rubber, and havingelevations integral with the corners thereof, retaining-sections locatedupon said elevations, and means for holding the said sections inposition, substantially as specified.

2. The herein-described rubber blotting pad, comprising the section 1,the elevations 2 integral with the corners thereof, the sections 3secured upon said elevations 2, and the metallic corners 4 for holding"the sections ,3 in position and for giving greater weight to thecorners of the blotting-pad, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

OTTO J. DEGKELMANN.

Witnesses:

ALFRED A. EIoKs, J. D. RIPPEY.

